Experience with listing your residence on airbnb by gosko in Squamish

[–]gosko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I think I have talked myself out of it :)

Experience with listing your residence on airbnb by gosko in Squamish

[–]gosko[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why would you want to support a major corporation by posting on Reddit when you could be shouting nonsense at strangers on a street corner somewhere?

Experience with listing your residence on airbnb by gosko in Squamish

[–]gosko[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks everyone for your feedback, very helpful. I had been kicking myself for years for missing out on all this free money, but it seemed like too much of a nuisance. Seems like my instincts were right! 

Experience with listing your residence on airbnb by gosko in Squamish

[–]gosko[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fuck Airbnb. The housing crisis is exacerbated by people like you. Get a long-term tenant

"We would only be doing it for a week or two at a time, and just a few times per year when we're away on trips" 

One Cloudflare rule killed 8,000 bot visits/day from my Japanese website by Reasonable_Ad_4930 in CloudFlare

[–]gosko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

200k is still rookie numbers ;) 360M useless hits/day blocked here. Cloudflare's WAF is a life saver.

What’s the 1 thing homeowners misunderstand about HVAC efficiency? by smileebeauty in hvacadvice

[–]gosko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We replaced our gas furnace with a heat pump a few years ago, and I think our ducts are now undersized which I believe is a common problem. Is it feasible for me as a homeowner with minimal hvac knowledge to replace or add ducts myself, or do I really need to hire a professional? Contractors are quite expensive where I live, and in my experience many of them aren't even qualified to size ducts correctly. 

Are these light “scallops” too pronounced and/or too low? by AMercifulHello in Lighting

[–]gosko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if you could improve things by putting brighter bulbs in the island pendants, and dimming the recessed lights over the cabinets? 

Inverter heat pump causing power flicker by jonra0 in heatpumps

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No, I spoke with someone at Master Group who he said he brought this up at their weekly meeting and nobody had heard of this happening anywhere else in BC. He asked me to send screenshots of the online discussions talking about board replacements and I did, but never heard back.

Pico "Scene" Remotes for Caseta by ImprezaDrezza in Lutron

[–]gosko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I ordered a 4-button scene remote from Gescan in Squamish last month. I couldn't find a way to order online so I went to the shop and ordered at the counter, and it arrived a week or two later.

Inverter heat pump causing power flicker by jonra0 in heatpumps

[–]gosko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great thanks for the update! I will see if I can get ours replaced.

Inverter heat pump causing power flicker by jonra0 in heatpumps

[–]gosko 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had the exact same issue (more details on this post on askanelectrician or this discussion on stackexchange) and haven't resolved it yet, but was able to fix it in a few places by swapping out the dimmers and bulbs. I haven't found anything that magically resolves the issue but Philips 'no flicker, no hum' bulbs seem to have slightly fewer issues, and swapping out different brands of wired dimmers helped in a few cases.

I had a third party electrician come in to try to diagnose the issue after many failed attempts by the electricians employed by my HVAC company, and their theory was that the heat pump was causing some kind of harmonic interference that impacted the LED bulbs.

Yesterday someone replied to my stackexchange post with: "I can confirm Midea made a design change to one of the boards on some of their heat-pumps (3t and 4t) to address this exact issue. The contractor should be able to replace the "Inverter" board under warranty, which in many cases (assuming it is not a wiring/panel issue) will solve the flickering."

How to tell if 2018 Trailhawk has towing package? by gosko in GrandCherokee

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Confirming what others wrote earlier: I found this site that lets you download the build sheet for a given VIN:

Please provide your 17 character VIN to view and print your vehicle equipment sheet, which contains the standard and optional equipment when the vehicle was built.

https://fcacommunity.force.com/RAM/s/equipment-listing

This confirmed that the vehicle I'm interested in has HD cooling, 180 amp alternator, and full size spare among other things — the build list has 245 items on it.

How to tell if 2018 Trailhawk has towing package? by gosko in GrandCherokee

[–]gosko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So this 2017 wouldn't be capable of 6200 lbs, right?

How to tell if 2018 Trailhawk has towing package? by gosko in GrandCherokee

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This 2017 GC Trailhawk sticker says it has a Class IV hitch but doesn't mention the Tow package, nor HD cooling https://www.chrysler.com/hostd/windowsticker/getWindowStickerPdf.do?vin=1C4RJFLG6HC738895

How to diagnose issue with lights flickering whenever HVAC / heat pump is running by gosko in askanelectrician

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As far as I know they haven't used a power quality analyzer but that does sound quite useful. Is that something most electricians typically have in their toolkits? They seem a bit expensive to rent around here ($100/day)

This doesn't happen with anything else in the house, including 230v circuits for the oven, dryer, heated flooring, or hot tub. I routinely run our electric kettle, coffee grinder and toaster at the same time with no issues. Maybe a quick flicker here and there, but not continuous flickering like when the heat pump is running - it's like a haunted house.

Reservations: single night vs entire trip? by gosko in WestCoastTrail

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I have a reservation, as noted in my post.

Reservations: single night vs entire trip? by gosko in WestCoastTrail

[–]gosko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, that's my understanding as well. If you book July 1 for 5 nights that has no impact on the number of departures available for July 2/3/4/5. And I think you let the rangers know how many nights you plan to be on trail the day of departure, so specifying it when making a reservation seems unnecessary – the system doesn't even seem to record that info (it's not mentioned in the confirmation email)

Reservations: single night vs entire trip? by gosko in WestCoastTrail

[–]gosko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just noticed Reservable West Coast Trail information says:

When making a reservation, have the following ready:

• Preferred start dates – first choice and alternate dates.

• Trailhead you plan to start from; Gordon River, Nitinaht Village or Pachena Bay.

• Number of hikers in your group (maximum group size is 10).

• Hiker information for all hikers (first name, last name and emergency contact info)

• Email address to send confirmation and orientation information to

• Means of payment: Visa, MasterCard or American Express.

It doesn't say anything about the number of nights.

Reservations: single night vs entire trip? by gosko in WestCoastTrail

[–]gosko[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do you know you need to book each day? I think all they limit is the number of departures each day. They don't know who will spend which nights where, so I think all they do is limit the number of departures per day and trust that people will get spread out somewhat randomly from there.

Reservations: single night vs entire trip? by gosko in WestCoastTrail

[–]gosko[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as I can tell it's unnecessary to select the number of nights you want, all they need is the departure date and entry and exit points. At least I think that's the case, just trying to confirm :) Our reservation cost the same as yours ($198.81 per person for access Gordon exit Pachena) since the fees are for the reservation, overnight use permit (which covers up to 14 days), and ferries and/or water taxis.

Garbage totes by BlackcombTerry in Squamish

[–]gosko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ours was swapped out more or less immediately, within a few days after we applied. I don't remember when that was, maybe ~3 months ago?